Rail-joint.



No. 773,558. PATENTED NOV. l, 1904.

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RAIL JOINT.

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No. 77s, 558.

UNTTED STATES Patented November` 1, 1904.

CHARLES G. FORD, OF ROSEVILLE, OHIO.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,558, dated November1, 1904.

Application filed May 28I 1904. Serial No. 210,248. (No model.)

To all whom, zit 771,04/ concern:

Beit known that I. CHARLES G. FORD. a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Roseville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which thefollowing Ais a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail-joints; andits object is to provide rails having their ends so shaped as tointerlock, one of said rails forming a seat for the end of the adjoiningrail and preventingthe same from sagging.

The invention is more particularly an improvement upon the device shownand described in Patent No. 746,487, 'granted to me on December 8, 1903.

The invention consists of a rail having the base-flanges cut away fromone end and the tread and web cut away from its other end. A tongueextends downward from the projecting portion of the web where thebaseflanges have been removed and an aperture is formed in theprojecting base-flanges at the other end of the rail and in alinementwith the web thereof. Where rails of this character are employed, theprojecting webs are adapted to be placed over the projecting baseflangeswith the tongues in the apertures, and the ends of the rails are thussecurely bound together and areprevented from sagging.

The invention also consists of the further novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form ofmy invention, and in which- Y Figure l is a perspective view of one endof a rail constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the other end of said rail. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section through the adjoining ends of two connected rails;and Fig. 4 is a section onY portion of web 3, and this tongue is removedfrom the ends of the projecting' portion of the web. so as to formbearing-faces 6 at opposite ends thereof. Bolt-holes 7 are located inthe projecting portion of the web 3. The other end of rail l has thetread 4 and web 3 cut away at a distance from the end substantiallyequal to the length of the projecting portions of the web and tread atthe other end of the rail. It will be understood that the baseflanges 2project beyond this end of the rail and an aperture 8 is formed thereinin alinement with the web 3, and this aperture is substantially equal inarea to the tongue 5. The distance between-the aperture and the end ofthe projecting portion of the iianges 2 is equal tothe distance betweentongue 5 and the end ofthe web 3. Bolt-holes 9 are formed in the web 3adjacent its end.

When it is desired to assemble rails constructed in the .manner hereindescribed, the projecting webs 3 are placed over the projectingbase-flanges 2 and the tongues .5 are inserted into the apertures 8.yThe bearingfaces 6 of the webs will rest on the baseflanges 2 atopposite ends of the apertures 8, and therefore the projecting portionof the tread 4 is prevented from sagging without the necessity ofincreasing the thickness of the web. Fish-plates 10 are then placed atopposite sides of the adjoining ends of the rails and are fastenedthereto by means of bolts 11,d which extend through the apertures 7 an9.

It will be seen that a joint of this character does not require the useof rails of special construction, for thepreason that ordinary rails-may be utilized by cutting away the tread and web at one. end and thebase-lianges at the other end. The web is of uniform thicknessthroughout its length.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do,

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. Arail having a web of uniform thickness, a tread and base-flanges, saidbaseanges being cut away at one end to form a projecting web and tread,and a depending tongue integral with and removed from the ends of theprojecting' web, the tread and web at the other end of the rail beingcut away to form projecting base-angcs having an aperture therein inaiinement with the web.

2. The combination with a rail having projecting base-flanges at one endprovided with an aperture alining with the web of the rail; of a secondrail having a projecting' tread and web seated upon the base-flanges andabutting against the tread and web of the first-mentioned rail, and adepending tongue integral with the projecting web and seated within theaperture, said tongue being removed from the ends of the projecting web,whereby bearingfaces are produced at opposite ends thereof,

the webs of the rails being of uniform thickness.

3. The combination with a rai-1 having projecting base-flanges at oneend provided with an aperture alining withu the web of the rail; of asecond rail having' a projecting tread and web seated upon thebase-flanges and abutting 'against the tread and web of thefirst-mentioned rail, and a depending tongue integral with theprojecting web and seated within the aperture, said tongue being'removed from the ends of the projecting web, whereby bearingfaces areproduced at opposite ends thereof, the webs of the rails being ofuniform thickness, fish-plates at opposite sides of the web, and meansfor securing the same thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES G, FORD. WVitnesses J. N. OWENS, C. E. PORTER.

